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Magda Julin (née ''Mauroy'', 24 July 1894 – 21 December 1990) was a Swedish
figure skater Figure skating is a sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform on figure skates on ice. It was the first winter sport to be included in the Olympic Games, when contested at the 1908 Olympics in London. The Olympic disciplines are me ...
who competed in ladies' singles. She was the 1920 Olympic champion, a two-time Nordic champion, and a three-time Swedish national champion. She was four months pregnant at the 1920 Olympics.


Life and career

Julin was a daughter of the French music producer Edouard Mauroy. The family moved to Sweden when she was 7 years old. She worked as a waitress and later ran a café and then a restaurant until 1971. She was married to the sea captain F. E. Julin, who was 15 years older. She had two sons and spent her last years in a nursing home in Stockholm. At the age of 90, she continued to skate at the public open air ice rink in
Kungsträdgården Kungsträdgården (Swedish language, Swedish for "King's Garden") is a park in central Stockholm, Sweden. It is colloquially known as ''Kungsan''. The park's central location and its outdoor cafés makes it one of the most popular hangouts ...
in central Stockholm. She participated in the inauguration of an ice rink in
Östersund Östersund (; sma, Staare) is an urban area (city) in Jämtland in the middle of Sweden. It is the seat of Östersund Municipality and the capital of Jämtland County. Östersund is located at the shores of Sweden's fifth-largest lake, Storsjön, ...
in autumn 1990.


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* People from Vichy 1894 births 1990 deaths Swedish female single skaters Figure skaters at the 1920 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Sweden Olympic figure skaters of Sweden Olympic medalists in figure skating French emigrants to Sweden {{Sweden-figure-skating-bio-stub Medalists at the 1920 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Allier 20th-century Swedish women